Red Garden | |
Genre | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Kirihito Ayamura |
Published by | Gentosha Comics |
Magazine | Comic Birz |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | August 30,2006 –January 30,2009 |
Volumes | 4 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kou Matsuo |
Written by | Tomohiro Yamashita Mari Okada |
Music by | Akira Senju |
Studio | Gonzo |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Asahi |
English network | |
Original run | October 3,2006 – March 13,2007 |
Episodes | 22 |
Original video animation | |
Red Garden:Dead Girls | |
Directed by | Kou Matsuo |
Written by | Mari Okada |
Music by | Akira Senju |
Studio | Gonzo |
Licensed by | |
Released | August 8,2007 |
Runtime | 45 minutes |
Red Garden (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Gonzo which premiered in Japan on TV Asahi on October 3,2006. The plot revolves around four girls who become involved in a series of supernatural murders happening throughout the vicinity of a fictional depiction of New York City. An OVA sequel called Dead Girls was released in Japan,on August 8,2007.
A manga of the same title began serialization in the seinen manga magazine Comic Birz on August 30,2006. The first tankōbon was released on February 24,2007.
Red Garden employs a technique often used by animated productions outside Japan,but rarely used in Japanese animation. [4] The characters' dialogue is animated after the work of the voice cast,synchronizing the animation with the voice actors' voices. The synchronization is particularly evident in scenes where characters are singing (occurring in some of the earlier episodes).
Red Garden was licensed for release in English by ADV Films for $660,000 [5] and the first DVD was released on September 18,2007. [6] ADV Films' Anime Network began airing the anime on September 13,2007 on their Subscription On Demand platform. [7] On March 6,2008 the anime began airing on their Free On Demand platform. Funimation acquired the series Red Garden in 2008. [8]
Kate,Rachel,Rose,and Claire are all students at a private school set on Roosevelt Island,New York City. Waking up one morning,all feel uneasy and restless as they deem strange that none of them can recall anything about the previous night. Their anxiety escalates when the school announces that Lise,another classmate of theirs and friend to all four girls,is found dead.
The following night the four girls are drawn by butterflies that lead them all to the same place. There,they are approached by a woman called Lula and her partner JC who tell them that they are dead,and must work for them. They are revealed to be working for an organization called Animus. On certain nights the girls are summoned to fight "monsters" that look almost like regular people,and can do this by using superhuman abilities. After a fight the girls are drained and tired. If they fail,they will die for real,like other girls who work for Animus. Later Lulu explains the girls were reanimated in new,special bodies and their real bodies are in her custody. What's more,when Lise had originally disappeared,the girls had gone looking for her,and right after they found her dead body was when they were killed. Lise was also supposed to have been reanimated,but the "monsters" had prevented this. Lula further claims she has the means to eventually return the girls to their previous lives when their job is done.
The four girls are involved in a centuries-old battle between the Animus and the Dolore clans. Long ago one of a pair of a Book of Curses was stolen by the Dolore,and because of that they were put under a curse where they become beasts and die,while the Animus lost their freedom and were cursed with eternal life. The Animus want to retrieve the stolen book that is now held by the Dolore and the Dolore want the other book now held by the Animus.
Meanwhile,Hervéof the Dolore clan is trying to save the lives of his cousin and sister,as they are subject to the curse. To do this he plans to take the companion book from the Animus clan. The four girls find out if they fail to retrieve the book from the Dolore family it will result in them losing their memories. This means that they would live forever but not remember their friends or family.
A considerable portion of the series is devoted to the effects that these events have on the girls' complex personal lives:While they overcome their obstacles by eventually agreeing to support each other,the series explores both their initial individual struggles in coming to terms with their roles as fighters for the Animus,and balancing these roles and their relationships with family and friends.
Set 300 years in the future,Kate,Rose,Rachel and Claire have no memory of their first 17 years,but know that the Red Garden on Roosevelt Island holds the key. They divide their immortal lives between normal school life and vigilantism. Then two mysterious transfer students Louise and Edgar Mayer seek out their friendship.
The girls go to explore the Red Garden but are attacked by a giant robot. Rachel constructs a very stylish and fashionable robot herself,and the girls return to the Red Garden. They are again attacked by a more powerful mechanical device controlled by Edgar Mayer but manage to defeat it. Louise appears and is revealed to be a powerful android,who envies the 'Dead Girls' because they live forever. Before she can attack the girls,the island's vegetation comes alive and envelops her and Edgar. After graduation,the girls decide to move on,planning to return in a couple of hundred years.
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